Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet
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Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, 1st Baronet (2 September 1879 - 28 January 1976), was a British Conservative politician.
A member of the prominent Ponsonby family, he was the son of Hon. Edwin Charles William Ponsonby, fifth son of Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley.
Ponsonby represented Sevenoaks in the House of Commons from 1935 to 1950. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden from 1941 to 1945. He gained the title of 1st Baronet Ponsonby in 1956.
He was honorary Colonel of the Kent Yeomanry from 1942 to 1949.
Ponsonby married Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs, daughter of Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon and Anna Maria Durant, on 23 July 1912. They had three daughters and a son who succeeded to the Baronetcy.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Hilton Young |
Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks 1935–1950 |
Succeeded by Sir John Rodgers |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baronet (of Wooton, Oxon) 1956–1976 |
Succeeded by Ashley Ponsonby |
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